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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
Glyndŵr University
Molecular associations in acacia gums
This paper provides evidence of the mechanism of hydrocolloid modification using two patented processes (i) US Patent Application 10/498,988 2004 Al-Assaf et al and (ii) US Patent 6,610,810 B2 (Phillips, et al . 2003). The first process resulted in a commercial product (SupergumTM) currently produced by San Ei Gen FFI, Japan. The second process has been sublicensed to produce new hyaluronan derivatives (Balazs, et al.; US Letters Patent: Serial Number 11/160,754) and demineralised bone with enhanced osteoinductive properties (USA Patent application number PCT/IB 2004/050736). Over 5000 osteoinductive sets have been used in oral, maxillofacial and orthopaedic surgery in South Africa.